Sigh, way to take the stats and be stupid with it, at no point did I say you should buy 970GTX, only some one like you would come to that conclusion.I am pointing out people aren't gaming on 1080GTX it isn't the most popular card out there, 970GTX is still popular doesn't necessarily mean people are still buying new, but wouldn't be surprising as large US stores reduce prices to clear old stock, not every one is going to care about it.
What is clear a very small percentage of gamers are using 1080GTX's even 980GTX's majority is using mainstream cards like the 970GTX/1060/1070 ect.
You are right, someone like me would come to that conclusion, you did say,
The biggest Gaming platform in the world will disagree with you on GTX 1080, top dog is the 970GTX.
considering that these GPU's are positioned in market segments, relegated with each new cycle. The 970 came in at $329 MSRP at launch, $70 less than the 770 it replaced, not only disrupting AMD’s pricing strategy, but also their product positioning. This ultimately allowed NVidia to claim the high-end market, still unchallenged.
Then came the 1070 which replaced the 970, but launched at an $379 MSRP. Though $50 more it preceded the 970 in its product positioning. The 1060 priced between $199-$249 MSRP, $80 less than the 970 at launch, but positioned higher, will replace the obsolete, in marketing terms, 970. This will translate directly into the Steam Hardware Survey as it is being populated over time.
As with every cycle, have we a buyer’s cycle. Updated or new architecture may be released periodically on say a yearly basis, but a buyer may only purchase every 2rd, 3th or 4th year, and new systems purchases are on a steady decrease. In gaming terms, an GPU scales better with gaming than an CPU where the CPU (and the motherboard) may set bottlenecks down the line.
But, to get back to my reasoning, seeing the article addressed two options within an ~R17,500 budget, the budget may be applied more optimally as advised by other contributors in this thread.
It is noteworthy to quote this article,
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/hard...re-still-buying-expensive-graphics-cards.html
Wootware lead developer Matthew Berry said there has been a lot of interest in the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card in South Africa, especially among gamers and hardware enthusiasts.
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Berry said mid-to-high-range graphics cards are the most popular among South African consumers, despite the higher price of the hardware.
“Both budget and high-end markets are robust in South Africa,” said Berry.
“Mid-range and higher GPUs tend to be more popular than budget hardware, since there are more integrated GPUs and second-hand options to consider in the lower price segment,” he said.
“As people spend more time gaming, it starts to make sense to consider the higher-end of the hardware spectrum.”
The interest in high-end gaming hardware is evident in Wootware’s store, with the most popular Nvidia graphics card the GeForce GTX 1060.
The GeForce GTX 1060 is a powerful GPU, capable of running most new games in Full HD with a high frame rate, and currently sells for between R4,000-R5,500 locally.
so yes, there is interest in the high-end market, and with an ~R17,500 budget you surely have access to that user experience. Not everyone wants to be limited to 1080P, especially when you had the means to exceed the limitation. Why then spend more on the CPU than the GPU?
Whether you agree or see it differently entirely up to you.Thanks for the insight any ways 